Greetings from the Colony

Original Title: Bon baisers de la colonie

74' | 2011 (Completed)

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Director:	Nathalie Borgers
Producer:	Maarten Loix
Writer:	Nathalie Borgers

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The daughter of a Belgian territorial agent and a Rwandan woman, Suzanne was born in 1926. In those times, mixed relationships led to sanctions.

synopsis

At the age of four, her father took Suzanne away from Africa to give her a European education. She is what people in the colonial era called, "a mulatto child saved from a negro destiny". Suzanne is my aunt and her father is my grandfather. However, I was not aware of her existence until I was 27. This film breaks the silence that has shrouded her origins.
Suzanne, la fille d’un agent territorial belge et d’une femme rwandaise, est née en 1926. A cette époque, les relations entre personnes de couleurs différentes étaient sanctionnées. A l’âge de 4 ans, le père de Suzanne lui fait quitter l’Afrique pour lui inculquer une éducation européenne. Elle est ce que les personnes dans le milieu colonial appelaient « un enfant métis sauvé d’une destinée de noir ».

Credits

Director
Nathalie Borgers
Producer
Maarten Loix
Writer
Nathalie Borgers
Editing
Catherine Gouze
Photography
Nicolas Rincon-Gille
Sound
Gilles Laurent, Alex Davidson
Music
Tuur Florizoone

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Minority Flemish co-production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2011
Production status
Completed
Original title
Bon baisers de la colonie
Original language
French

Technical specs

Running time
74'
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Limited Adventures

Emile Feronstraat 70
1060 Brussel
Belgium

T +32 2 503 52 32
info@limitedadventures.com

www.limitedadventures.com

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Sales

Cargo Films

Villa Saint-Michel 12-16
France

T +33 (0)1 53 34 13 80
cleblanc@cargofilms.com

www.cargofilms.com

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2011: IFF / 2012: Afrika Film Festival, Hot docs Toronto 2012, Vues d'Afrique Montréal

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

CVB, Cargo Films (FR)

Supported by

Communauté française de Belgique, Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Procirep, CNC, RTBF, ARTE

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Greetings from the Colony

synopsis

Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Sound

Music

Format

Creation details

Type

Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

Aspect ratio

Sound format

Colour